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Home My WebLink About20090665 Ver 1_Denial Letter_20091029E ' 0Ste` ;3..Ve! : ci":;...i.! Gireci?t October 29, 2009 CERTIFIED MAIL: RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED Mr. Stuart Point Ms. Christine Point 300 Windchase Lane Wilmington NC 28409 Subject: Denial of Request for 401 Water Quality Certification Cabbage Inlet Lane Landing Maintenance Project, New Hanover County DWQ Project # 2009-0665 Whiskey Creek [030624,18-87-28, SA, HQW] DENIAL OF REQUEST OF 401 WATER QUALITY CERTIFICATION Dear Mr. & Ms. Point: Reference is made to your application for a Water Quality Certification pursuant to Section 401 of the Federal Clean Water Act and North Carolina Coastal Area Management Act (LAMA). The Division of Water Quality (DWQ) received your application by copy of your CAMA Permit application on June 8, 2009. The activity for which the Certification is requested is for: 1) new dredging to expand an access channel, 2) improving an existing boat ramp. The proposed activities would impact documented Primary Nursery Areas (PNA's). Specifically, the proposed dredging would involve excavation of 11,875 square feet of PNA habitat within the footprint of the dredged area. PNA's are essential for post-larval and juvenile stages of many species of finfish, crabs and shrimp because they provide food and protection during a vulnerable period of their life cycle. Commercial industries reliant upon these species would be detrimentally affected if your proposed activities were approved. Waters of the State within the project area are classified by the Division as SA, High Quality Waters (SA HQW). A Water Quality Certification represents a determination by the Division that the activity for which a federal permit is required is not expected to result in a violation of state Water Quality Standards (15A NCAC 2B .0200). Rule 15A NCAC 02B .0221 specifically describes the Best Usage of SA Waters as shellfishing for market purposes. Primary Nursery Areas provide a significant existing use as habitat for propagation of aquatic life, including shellfish as well as juvenile stages of finfish. In accordance with 15A NCAC 2H .0506(a), the Division is required to determine whether a proposed activity has the potential to remove or degrade those significant existing uses which are present in the wetland or surface water. It is the opinion of DWQ that the proposed project will remove the Best Usage within an excessive area of waters classified as SA HQW, and that this removal of use conflicts with the Antidegradation Policy (15A NCAC 02B.0201). Dea Frearnarr Serr??f?, v 401 Overs ghi E press F . t PG: I i .c' is t ?ift( i650 Mail Se vim miter F an '10":1- cation. Lo232,1 C rabi .P Blvd- Rd.iq t? Ia Ca lira I R-' ' t FYI I 'I" r i_ i i ? ?i a Prone 315-7.33- rC `. F' e_7 ?4 0?' An ?cua?C;pp;rtun;ry'.;'?t?i^n_fi?e t,c!ic^. E!ngley-?i Mr. and Ms. Point/Cabbage Inlet Page 2 of 2 October 29, 2009 Furthennore, in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H .0506(d)(1)(A), which addresses requirements necessary to qualify for a Certification within waters classified as SA or HQW, an applicant is required to demonstrate that no practical alternatives exist. In correspondence dated July 16, 2009, the Division advised you that insufficient evidence had been provided to demonstrate avoidance of the impacts associated with the proposed project. Your response, received on September 3, 2009, demonstrated no further efforts to avoid the impacts associated with the dredging footprint. To date, you have not provided an alternative that would avoid a significant impact on public resources. As such, we have determined that your proposal does not meet the criteria required in 15A NCAC 2H .0506(a) or 15A NCAC 2H.0506(d)(1)(A). Therefore, in accordance with 15A NCAC 2H.0507(e), your application for a 401 Water Quality Certification is hereby denied as we are unable to approve your application. If you wish to appeal this decision, you have the right to file for an adjudicatory hearing by written request within sixty (60) days of your receipt of this denial. To request a hearing, send a written petition which conforms to Chapter 150B of the North Carolina General Statues to the Office of Administrative Hearings, P.Q. Box 27447, Raleigh, NC 27611-7447. This denial is final and binding unless you ask for a hearing. Thank you for your attention. Should you have procedural questions regarding this denial, please contact Ms. Cyndi Karoly at 919-733-9721. Sincerely, ,f oleen H. ucc: Chad Coburn - DWQ Wilmington Regional Office Cyndi Karoly - DWQ 401 Oversite/Express Unit Robb Mairs - ECS Carolinas, LLP, 7211 Ogden Business Park, Suite 201, Wilmington, NC 28411 Ian McMillan - DWQ 401 Oversight and Express Unit, Raleigh Dave Timpy - USACE Wilmington District Office Ken Jolly - USACE Wilmington District Office Doug Huggett - DCM Morehead City Office Stephen Rynas - DCM Morehead City Office Anne Deaton - DMF Wilmington Regional Office Rich Carpenter - DMF Wilmington Molly Elwood - NCWRC Wilmington Regional Office Rebecca Fox - US Environmental Protection Agency -Region IV Steve Everhart - DCM Wilmington Office File Copy Filename: 090665 CabbageInlet(NewHaanover)Denial p m tei??lld[ o .. • .•. 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